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ACS Photonics

American Chemical Society · United States · Est. 1996

ISSN2330-4022eISSN2330-4022

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.816

H-Indexi

162

SNIPi

1.705

Total Worksi

5,901

Total Citationsi

196,039

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.61

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Nanoscience & Nanotechnology; Optics; Physics, Applied; Physics, Condensed Matter; Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Biotechnology; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,901

Publisher OrgAmerican Chemical Society

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Chemical Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2330-4022 / 2330-4022

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

445

21k

2019

432

17k

2020

437

13k

2021

505

15k

2022

492

8.7k

2023

662

7.4k

2024

761

3.3k

2025

531

220

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsQ1

BiotechnologyQ1

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryNanoscience & NanotechnologyOpticsPhysics, AppliedPhysics, Condensed Matter

Scopus Categories

BiotechnologyAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchPhotonic and Optical DevicesMetamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsGold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsAdvanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesOrbital Angular Momentum in OpticsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesThermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies

Frequently asked questions about ACS Photonics

Is ACS Photonics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ACS Photonics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of ACS Photonics?

ACS Photonics is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 4.61.

Is ACS Photonics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ACS Photonics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.